ONONIS SPINOSA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots

Synonyms:

Ononis spinosa; rest-harrow; restharrow

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Ononis spinosa" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("Ononis spinosa" is a member of...):

genus Ononis; Ononis (genus of European subshrubs or herbs having pink or purple or yellow solitary or clustered flowers: restharrow)

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